The Holy fire started in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County on Monday, Aug. 6, it has since charred more than 19,100 acres and continues to grow. At least 12 cabins in the Holy Jim Canyon area have been destroyed by the blaze before it crested mountain peaks of the Cleveland National Forest. It has led to evacuations in communities near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County and a smoke plume that has blanketed the region.

As of day five, the fire has consumed some 18,100 acres and is 5 percent contained.

Homeowners use garden hoses to protect their homes as the Holy fire gets close in Lake Elsinore Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Frank Bellino, for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A DC-10 drops fire retardant to protect a home from the Holy fire near Grand Ave and Plumas St. in Lake Elsinore Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Frank Bellino, for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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Flames from the Holy fire get close to a home near Grand Ave and Plumas St. in Lake Elsinore Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Frank Bellino, for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A homeowner uses a garden hose to wet down a home as the Holy fire gets close in Lake Elsinore Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Frank Bellino, for The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Kristen Diaz of Lake Elsinore, Calif,. right, refuses to leave her home saying she and her husband have worked too hard to just leave and adds that her children are safe on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Vincent Rivera of Riverside has watered down his brother’s Lake Elsinore, Calif. home for the last two days. Photographed on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Peter Sloan is packed up and ready to bolt if the fires in Lake Elsinore, Calif. on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Only one person remains on Cascade Cir. at McVicker Canyon Park Dr. in Lake Elsinore. Former firefighter, Josh Kiefer, has his trailer packed to the brim and is ready to roll out if needed on Thursday, August 9, 2018. Spot fires flare up and die. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Sheriff’s deputies talk to Forrest Gordon Clark, a Holy Jim Canyon resident whose home was the only surviving structure in the area where he lives, faces arson charges. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

New and used fire hoses are staked next to a destroyed cabin along Trabuco Creek Road after the Holy Fire moved through the area in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A destroyed cabin along Trabuco Creek Road after the Holy Fire moved through the area in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A destroyed cabin along Trabuco Creek Road after the Holy Fire moved through the area in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Firefighters attack a flare up along Highway 74 as they battle the Holy Fire for the fifth day in the Cleveland National Forest near Lake Elsinore on Friday, August 10, 2018. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

A destroyed cabin along Trabuco Creek Road after the Holy Fire moved through the area in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A destroyed cabin along Trabuco Creek Road after the Holy Fire moved through the area in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A destroyed cabin along Trabuco Creek Road after the Holy Fire moved through the area in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Lake Elsinore residents Fred Clements, from left, Jimmy Parker, Clement’s wife Dina and Olga Butseja wait to return home after the police told them to evacuate. They said firefighters told them it was ok to stay. Holy fire spreads in Lake Elsinore, Calif. on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Firefighters prepare to make a fire break in Lake Elsinore, Calif. above a well-manicured neighborhood on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A Lake Elsinore, Calif. neighborhood has spot fires gaining momentum as of 2 pm. on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A DC-10 drops fire retardant in the Alberhill community near Lake Elsinore on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. (Photo courtesy Lee Reeder)

The Holy Fire as seen from south Mission Viejo on Monday, Aug. 6th.(Photo by Kristen Gallegos)

Josh Kiefer is the lone person on his block of Cascade Circle at McVicker Canyon Park Dr. on Day 4 of Holy fire. Small spot fires erupt behind homes along near Cascade Circle in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, August 9, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A melted car sits in the driveway of a destroyed Holy Jim Canyon cabin on Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Residents look at the Holy Jim Fire from the shore of Lake Elsinore on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Residents along Crystal Ridge Court in Lake Elsinore load a truck as they evacuate as the Holy fire burns near their home on Wednesday afternoon, August 8, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Flames form the Holy fire leap behind Modjeska Peak with Santiago Peak to the right on Thursday, Aug. 9. Some viewers thought it looked like a volcano eruption! (Photo by Mark Girardeau)

A plane drops fire retardant in the Cleveland National Forest behind homes along Crystal Ridge Court in Lake Elsinore as the Holy fire burned near homes on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Having burned over 4000 acres in it’s third day, the Holy fire burns near homes in Lake Elsinore on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The Holy fire burns in the Cleveland National Forest behind homes along Crystal Ridge Court in Lake Elsinore on Wednesday afternoon, August 8, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A plane drops fire retardant in the Cleveland National Forest behind homes along Crystal Ridge Court in Lake Elsinore as the Holy fire burned near homes on Wednesday afternoon, August 8, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A firefighter stops to talk with residents on Spectra Drive in Lake Elsinore shortly before the neighborhood was evacuated as the Holy fire burned near homes on Wednesday afternoon, August 8, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A plane drops fire retardant as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in the Cleveland National Forest near Corona, Calif. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Firefighters are working in rugged terrain amid scorching temperatures that have prompted warnings about excessive heat and extreme fire danger for much of the region. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP)

Home owner Russ Price is surrounded by smoke, ash, and smoldering homes in Holy Jim Canyon on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2018. He doesn’t know how his structure survived. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A fire crew from San Bernardino arrives back in to Holy Jim Canyon on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2018 after the winds shift. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Holy Jim volunteer firefighter Luke Senger stands next to a home destroyed by fire on Monday, Aug 6, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

HOLY JIM CANYON, CA – AUGUST 06: Holy Jim volunteer Fire Chief Mike Milligan is keeping an eye on the fire that destroyed at least 13 homes yesterday and is still burning out of control.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Home owner Russ Price is surrounded by smoke, ash, and smoldering homes in Holy Jim Canyon on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2018. He doesn’t know how his structure survived. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A 747 Global Super Tanker 944 makes a retardant drop along a ridge during the Holy fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest near Corona, Calif. on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Firefighters are working in rugged terrain amid scorching temperatures that have prompted warnings about excessive heat and extreme fire danger for much of the region. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A 747 Global Super Tanker 944 makes a retardant drop along a ridge during the Holy fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest near Corona, Calif. on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Firefighters are working in rugged terrain amid scorching temperatures that have prompted warnings about excessive heat and extreme fire danger for much of the region. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Eric Vilchis is the Director of Video for the Southern California News Group. Eric started as a photographer at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (then known as The Daily Report) in 1984. In 1993 he became the Photo Editor at the Daily Bulletin. He moved to The Press-Enterprise in 1998 where he was Systems Editor, New Media Editor, Web/Technology Editor, Breaking News Editor and Visuals Editor before being named Director of Video for all eleven SCNG properties.